OWASP Contracts in Reading

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 77 83
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 -
Contract jobs citing OWASP 12 14 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.01% 1.17% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.30% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - £667
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £685
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -5.04% -
75th Percentile £588 - £702
90th Percentile £595 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £650 £567
% change year-on-year -11.54% +14.59% -0.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

OWASP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in Reading

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in Reading.

Daily rate trend for OWASP in Reading

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) SonarCloud
3 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Network Security
2 6 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Snyk
2 2 (16.67%) Burp Suite
2 2 (16.67%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (50.00%) Head of Security
2 5 (41.67%) Head of Strategy
3 3 (25.00%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Compliance Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Data Compliance Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Security Compliance Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Head of Mobile
5 1 (8.33%) Head of Networks
5 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Information Security
2 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
2 7 (58.33%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) Data Protection
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
3 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (33.33%) Budgeting
4 4 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (25.00%) Application Security
5 3 (25.00%) DevOps
5 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security Management
6 2 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
1 2 (16.67%) C++
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) GPEN
1 2 (16.67%) GWAPT
1 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (16.67%) OSCE
1 2 (16.67%) OSCP
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (83.33%) NIST
2 9 (75.00%) GDPR
3 7 (58.33%) COBIT
4 2 (16.67%) HIPAA
4 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (8.33%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft